Articles filed under Illinois
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Work could start in spring on Black Hawk statue repairsAug 09, 2018 7:00 am - OREGON, Ill. (AP) - Organizers say repair work could begin next spring on the century-old Black Hawk statue in northern Illinois as they are less than $90,000 short of t...
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Labor Department monitoring Illinois State Fair ride safetyAug 09, 2018 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois officials will make routine inspections of all amusement rides at the Illinois State Fair . The Illinois Department of Labor reported W...
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Body pulled from river confirmed as that of missing boy, 2Aug 08, 2018 7:00 am - MUSCATINE, Iowa (AP) - Authorities have confirmed the body of a child recovered the Mississippi River in eastern Iowa is that of a child who fell into the water upstream...
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Joliet teacher charged with murder in beating death of wifeAug 08, 2018 7:00 am - JOLIET, Ill. (AP) - A northern Illinois teacher is charged with first-degree murder in the death of his wife, also a teacher. Authorities say Michael Kazecki beat to dea...
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No sentencing delay in Southern Illinois student's deathAug 08, 2018 7:00 am - MURPHYSBORO, Ill. (AP) - A judge says he intends to go ahead with next week's sentencing of a man convicted in the 2014 death of a Southern Illinois University student e...
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Ivanka Trump tours Illinois college's welder training centerAug 08, 2018 7:00 am - GODFREY, Ill. (AP) - Ivanka Trump toured the welding facility at a southwestern Illinois community college as she promoted the importance of continued worker training. T...
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Long-serving jail inmate finally sentenced to prisonAug 08, 2018 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A man who has been held in a central Illinois jail since his arrest six years ago in the death of a Springfield man has been sentenced to 85 yea...
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Remains found in Illinois river identified as missing manAug 08, 2018 7:00 am - OSWEGO, Ill. (AP) - Authorities say remains found by kayakers in a river in northern Illinois have been identified as those of a man missing since 2015. Police say Trey ...
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USDA wants help finding invasive beetle in Maine, elsewhereAug 07, 2018 7:00 am - AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - Authorities in Maine and elsewhere in the country are asking residents to be on the lookout for the destructive Asian longhorned beetle this month....
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Free admission to Bicentennial exhibit at state museumAug 07, 2018 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Bicentennial will be on full display this weekend - for free. The Illinois State Museum will participate in the Illinois Office of ...